Every reader of detective fiction knows a good cocaine habit heightens one's sleuthing senses, and yet our puritanical drug war prevents police from enjoying the same cognitive enhancers as enjoyed by Sherlock Holmes.
Every reader of detective fiction knows that camp Belgians are just better at solving crimes than anybody else. Why, then, are our law enforcement bureaus not hiring more Belgians?
IIRC Conan Doyle said he got the most hostile letters after "Silver Blaze" because of its manifold inaccuracies, but I don't know if that changed later.
Tim Pool has a habit of using examples from fiction in his arguments.
The most infamous example I can think of is from his debate with Sam Seder, when he argued against utilitarianism by saying that Thanos was utilitarian
